Find out how popular the last name Barahona is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Barahona.

Barahona, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Barahona surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Barahona in America

Barahona is the 4019th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Barahona surname appeared 8,844 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 people would have the surname Barahona.

We can also compare 2010 data for Barahona to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Barahona

The surname Barahona is of Spanish origin, derived from the place name Barahona, a municipality located in the province of Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. The name is believed to have emerged during the 12th or 13th century.

The earliest recorded instance of the surname Barahona can be found in the Becerro de las Behetrías de Castilla, a census-like document compiled in 1352 during the reign of King Pedro I of Castile. This document listed individuals and their properties, including several individuals with the surname Barahona.

The name Barahona is thought to have its roots in the Basque or Iberian languages, with the first part "bara" potentially meaning "valley" or "plain," and the second part "hona" possibly signifying "good" or "fertile." This suggests that the name may have originally referred to a fertile valley or a productive agricultural area.

One notable historical figure with the surname Barahona was Alonso Barahona de Soto, a Spanish poet and writer who lived in the 16th century (c. 1538-1597). He was known for his poetic works, including "Las lágrimas de Angélica" (The Tears of Angelica), a continuation of Ludovico Ariosto's epic poem "Orlando Furioso."

Another prominent individual with the Barahona surname was Juan Barahona de Padilla, a Spanish military leader and nobleman who played a significant role in the Revolt of the Comuneros (1520-1521), a popular uprising against the imperial authorities of Charles V.

In the 17th century, Fray Agustín Barahona was a Spanish Franciscan friar and historian who authored several works, including a chronicle of the Franciscan Province of Santiago de Xalisco in New Spain (present-day Mexico).

During the 18th century, Pedro Barahona y Vigas was a Spanish military officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Panama from 1760 to 1770.

In more recent times, Joaquín Barahona Monje (1919-1998) was a Salvadoran politician and diplomat who served as the Vice President of El Salvador from 1962 to 1967.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Barahona

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Barahona.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Barahona was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Barahona has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Barahona was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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